UC Davis Sustainable Agriculture

"Sustainable agriculture" has been defined as producing food today in
ways
that protect our ability to produce food tomorrow. Agricultural
practices
that cause irreversible damage to the soil or to the natural systems
upon
which agriculture depends are considered unsustainable.
Sustainability
is a central concern for many in the College
of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, which created the Agricultural Sustainability Institute (ASI) in order to address these issues. In many cases,
work is
underway in our research fields and associated laboratories may provide
the answers. Sustainability is also a major theme of our teaching
and extension programs.

The following links will take to you a description of the research, education and extension resources at UC Davis:

Also, if you would like to see a Google Earth tour of the resources and
sites available at UC Davis, you can download a Google Earth file here (Sustainable Agriculture Tour).
You will need to download Google Earth on your computer to see the
tour. Pause the tour and click on each site to see a short description
and their website.

Sustainable agriculture research at UC Davis

The Agricultural Sustainability Institute
(ASI) now houses many former sustainable agriculture projects and facilities. The
Russell Ranch Sustainable Agriculture Facility (RRSAF), which includes both the
Sustainable Agriculture Farming Systems project (SAFS)
and the LTRAS project, is now part of ASI. The Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program (SAREP) is also part of ASI.